Aoife O'Donovan's debut solo album, ‘Fossils,’ was released to critical acclaim and ended up on many “Best of 2013” lists from outlets like NPR Music, American Songwriter, New York Magazine and No Depression, among others.
Now, Aoife is poised to break through with her new album, ‘In The Magic Hour.’ The songwriting process for ‘In The Magic Hour’ coincided with the death of Aoife's grandfather, at age 93. She remembers him as a “gentle soul” in the small Irish village of Clonakilty where he lived. The lyrics on ‘In the Magic Hour’ are infused with a sense of loss and mortality's dark certainty. But the album is just as much an ode to Aoife's joyful childhood visits to Ireland. Aunts, uncles, grandparents and flocks of cousins would gather at the Clonakilty seaside to swim in the chilly ocean and sing together in the lingering Irish summer twilight.